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Spinal cord schistosomiasis presenting as a spinal cord syndrome

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 21 Aug 2013 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ Case Reports, volume 2,013, page bcr2013200229 (eissn: 1757-790X,

Authors: Olga Mikulich; James M. Crotty; Michael Watts; Elijah Chaila;

doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200229

pmid: 23966461

pmc: PMC3762526

Spinal cord schistosomiasis presenting as a spinal cord syndrome

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Abstract

Neurological manifestations of schistosomiasis are rare. Early treatment can prevent disability.1 A 28-year-old Sudanese man, living in Ireland for 5 years, presented with severe lower back pain, flaccid paraplegia, sensory level (T8) and urinary retention. An MRI of the spine showed increased signal/mass-effect in the spinal cord from the T6 level down to conus medullaris and mild patchy enhancement of the abnormality following intravenous contrast (figures 1 and 2). Figure 1 A sagittal plane MRI …

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Adult, Male, Paraplegia, Humans, Syndrome, Myelitis, Urinary Retention, Low Back Pain, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neuroschistosomiasis

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